If your down in the blues about "anything", please check out this link.

Andy

Andy,
That is an amazing video, I also linked over to some others about that guy. It blows me away that he swims, does most things that others do. We take so many things for granted.
Thanks for posting that.

Not to minimalize anybody's suffering, these are hard times, specially in my home state of Meeshigan! We Americans are toughies, we'll make it through, our ancestors got through worse times, we will too!

Lets all hang in there and try not to get too upset about material stuff, it comes and goes, be glad for our family and friends and all the things money can not buy!

You can thank the Dodge brothers for this. In 1915 they sued Henry ford to stop giving back money to his employees when times were good, and insisted it go to the shareholders. Ford's argument was that the employees deserved to be rewarded for their hard work. The Supreme Court disagreed and stated that a company is legally obligated to maximize profits. This usually means lay-offs.

Collectively as a country and, as individuals, we have much for which to give thanks ... we are alive, breathing, and reading this. Think of the folks who can not. When I started up here in both LE and as a teacher, $4500/year in 1974 !